Socket-post for supporting croquet-arches.



H. B. COLLIER. l SOCKET POST POR SUPPORTING GROQUET ARCHES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1908.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

- UNITED sTATEs PATENT v tion, in which similar characters of referencelI indicate corresponding partsfin all the views. l

lcitizen of the United States, and,

,viewof a croquet arch havin oEEIoE.

HENRY RURGEss COLLIER,j or PRAIRIEGROVE, ARKANSAS.

socKET-ros'r FOR sUrrp'RTING cRoouET-ARCHES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Patented Aug. 17, i909.

AppIication filed November 6,- .19981 ,Serial N o. l$1,307.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY' B COLL1ER, a iaresident of Prairie Grove, inthe-county of Washington and State of Arkansas, have invented a new andImproved Socket-Post for Support-ing Croquet-Arches, oflwhichthefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescriptioni.

The purpose of my invention i's-to provide novel details of constructionfor a socket post, which adapt it -in pairs 4for 'a' 'secure embednrentinthe ground at suitable vpoints in upright positions, and for'theconvenient insertion of thev limbs of a croquet arch thereinto, andthus. aord stable support to the arch vin a vertical plane andpermit theremoval of said arch as may be desired.

The invention consists inthe novel construction and combination ofparts, as ,is hereinafter described and dened in; the appended. claims.u 5 Reference is to vbe had to the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specifica- Figure l is aside view of va'fpair of the improvedsocket posts, embedded in the ground in parallel vertical planes, andalike -its limbs inserted down into the sockets o the posts and therebysupported vertically for use;-Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview ofthe improved 'socket post; and Fig.` 3 is a perspective view of amodiiedform ofthe improved post, brokenaway forI exposure .of theinteriordetails of construction.

The body 5 of the socket post in its preferred form, as shownv in'Flgs.1 and 2, is mainly cylindrical, of suitable dimensions and preferablyconstructed of hard wood.' The upper'end of the post is givenlsemicylindrical form, as appears at a and at the.

nated base plate 8 isfsecured upon the at The arch 7, as usual, isformed of-resilient Vwire bent into form, either as shown 41n Flg.

bottoni .wall of the post 5, thus-completing l, or it may be given atrue semicircular shape that. is a Well known form the eof, either shapeaffording two spaced parallel limbs 7 a for the arch orwicket. Two

Pests of the improved form are provided foreach .archi 7, and are at aproper location embedded in the ground so as'` to leave `their upperronnded'ends a .projecting above the Tipper surface-of the soil. Thelposts are spaced apart parallel with each' other andA Y in the samelvertical plane, thevdistance' between their axial centers being thesame'as that between the limbs "l"l of an arch 7 thus permitting thelimbs to be pressed down into the tubular linings 6 until they impingeupon the base plate 8. It will be noted that with theNformdgiventhe-upper ends of -the pair o'f socket posts, the croquetballs will not come 1n contact with the Aposts-butare permitted toimpinge uplon either limb7el when driven` with a ma et by the player,which isfoften quite' essential to give a de-A sired deflection tothe'ball during the course of agame. 1 1

The provision of the tubular lining 6 for the borein the post 5, is ofadvantage as a vmeans of protection for tlie wall of .the bore, f

as it vprevents the limbs 7a from wearing away the material andenlarging the bore so that'the arch would vbe loose and thus ren- ,Byforming a chamber c at the lower end' of the post 5, V,

dered defective in service.

a receptacle for dirt that may have entered the tubular lining ,wall 6,is afforded, so that-- the latter is at all times in proper conditionIfor the reception' of the limbs ofan arch 7. The circular flange b onthe body` of a post 5 provides .an'increased area for the bottom of thepost, and when earth is tamped over said flange the postwill be helderect, and the pair of posts maythus be spaced apart in vertical planesbefore the earth is lled into the excavations and tamped around thebodies of the posts. f

In Fig. 3 a modied. form of the post is shown that cheapens itsconstruction. In ,this example of my improved socket posts, the/body 9thereof is rendered angular hav-v4 ing ,four' sides and angles. g.

lio

Cil-

:on the lower end thereof, and further vided 'with a chamber at itslower end om Vshown at 9, time adapting it for driven insertion into thesoil. -Centrallyin the fiat upper end ol tbe body 9, a perforation h isformed that extends to a suitable depth, and the bottom of saidperforation, va branch or lateral perforation is formed that permits theexpulsion or" dirt from the axial bore ZL when a limb on an arch for acroquet lay out7 isinserted therein.

`'i'.he modified form of socket post is cheaper to construct, and isavailable for use when the Ground will. permit the same tov be driventullereinto a proper depth without injury., and said post'may beformedof hard wood or metai as may be preferred.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and. desire to secureby Letters' Patent: l y

l. A socket post having an axial bore, an outlet at the bottom of thebore, a oraininated plate covering the outlet, and a tubular lining insaid bore.

2. A socket post, having a lcylindrical body roundedat thenormaliy upperend, a flange ro- 4which extends an axial bore through the upper end,and a tubular iining insertedv through the axial bore and held in. placeby ojutwardly-turned {ianges that bear on theJ circular flange at thelower end, and also having an axial bore, a tubular linin lin saidbore,Q a chamber at the lower end o the body, intersected by the tubularlining, and

a perforated base plate on the lower endof the post.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the.presence of two subscribing witnesses. l t' A' HENRY BURGESS. COLLIER.`llVitnesses:

J. H. BREYWSTER,

E. F.,BAIN.

a socket post. I

